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Archive for May 11th, 2009

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Tamils “take” the Gardiner,
but the cyclists “took it” first


The city of Toronto has gotten itself into something like a mild-mannered uproar over protesters who walked onto the Gardiner Expressway (an  elevated, arterial, limited-access highway in the heart of the city), shutting the roadway down last night. Torontonians should expect more protesters to use this tactic in the future, not necessarily from Tamils, but from anyone seeking attention, since these recent protesters were only following in the tire prints of bicycle activist group Critical Mass.

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